Short Title: | Consolidation of Enactments (Procedure) Act 1949[1] |
Type: | Act |
Parliament: | Parliament of the United Kingdom |
Long Title: | An Act to facilitate the preparation of Bills for the purpose of consolidating the enactments relating to any subject. |
Year: | 1949 |
Statute Book Chapter: | 12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 33 |
Royal Assent: | 31 May 1949 |
Commencement: | 31 May 1949[2] |
Status: | Amended |
Original Text: | http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/33/contents/enacted |
Revised Text: | http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/33/contents |
The Consolidation of Enactments (Procedure) Act 1949 (12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 33) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It provides a procedure for including "minor corrections and improvements" in Consolidation Bills.
In 1995, Halsbury's Laws of England said that the procedure authorised by this Act was "no longer used in practice".[3]
The Marriage Act 1949 was the first Act to be enacted under the Consolidation of Enactments (Procedure) Act 1949.[4]